Mind the Product

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

So why are we still developing products no one wants? Product experts have tried to tackle this issue but they gloss over the impact a company’s structure and leadership team have on product/market fit. For many consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies, product teams report to marketing, sales, finance, or strategy leads.

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Product Innovation Educators

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

How to achieve product-market fit – for product managers This episode is sponsored by PDMA, the Product Development and Management Association. PDMA is also the longest-running professional association for product managers, leaders, and innovators, having started in 1976.

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The Product Guy

SEPTEMBER 10, 2016

Thousands of employers across all areas of product, from management to design, from digital to physical, are looking to fill positions from our community. Senior Product Manager @ Citrusbyte (New York City) Keywords: Consulting, Design, Product, Strategy, UX [link]. Check out this week’s newest, below….

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The Product Guy

JANUARY 5, 2017

In our a recent live stream from one of our mentors of The Product Mentor , Vikas Batra, lead a conversation around “Emotional Intelligence for Product Managers”. We are always looking for more product mentors from all around the world. About The Product Mentor. Ladislav Bartos Product Manager, Gumtree.com.

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 13, 2022

If only books on product management had labels that say “pre-PMF” or “post-PMF”. Here are 10 great product books on pre-product market fit (pre-PMF)! ?? Competitive analysis: “Blue ocean” (Kim, Mauborgne) Don’t get stuck into consulting matrixes. Time goes by, runway decreases. Are any books missing?

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Product Management University

JULY 31, 2023

The career paths for sales engineers (SEs) and solution consultants (SCs) are wide open due to the blend of business and technical skills, sales skills and positioning expertise required to succeed in this role. Are Sales Engineers and Solution Consultants the Same? Provide routine feedback to product management on market needs.

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The Product Coalition

JULY 31, 2022

If you are on the journey toward product-market fit, you know it’s not easy. Every new product has its own fit to find. One of the hardest challenges of any product and any startup is of course reaching product-market fit. product-market fit under the hood. So here it is?—?product-market

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The Product Coalition

JULY 28, 2020

According to Customedialabs , the typical bounce rate for good performing e-commerce and retail products is 20%?—?45%, 45%, for B2B products it is 25%?—?55%, Interestingly, the bounce rate tells a lot whether you are close to your product/market fit or not. 55%, and for lead generation websites it is 30%?—?55%.

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Product Management Unpacked

JULY 16, 2020

Just a few months ago, CMU MS in Product Management Program celebrated a very special day – 05/13/31. McElroy wrote a memorandum that gave birth to the field of Product Management. Steve Johnson Founder & CEO @ Under10 Consulting. Jeff Lash VP and Group Director, Product Management Research @ Forrester.

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Product Talk

JUNE 16, 2021

Does a product trio exclude everyone else from discovery decisions? What about user researchers, data analysts, product marketing managers, and all your other favorite roles? How do you decide who should be part of the product trio that leads discovery? Product marketing managers? UX writers?

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Product Management University

JULY 1, 2024

If I were building a product marketing organization from the ground up, I’d consider myself lucky. Most product marketing leaders inherit a team and then face the task of shaping it to meet their ideal make-up and the desired goals of the organization. You’re sandwiched right between product management and sales.

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Mind the Product

JANUARY 26, 2021

Everyone – or so we’re told – has the dream of joining or founding a hot startup and making their fortune, all while really proving their product chops. Though he’s now a Product Manager at Facebook, Karthik Suresh co-founded Altrest and grew Craft.io Finding product/market fit.

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Product Management University

JANUARY 13, 2020

A lot of people think solutions marketing is just a fancy term for product marketing, especially since the term solution has been so overused. In a product marketing model, products are the star. In a solutions marketing model, the star is the buyer’s vision for success. What Is Solutions Marketing?

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Product Innovation Educators

MARCH 19, 2018

Cutting through role confusion to create successful products. My mission is to inspire and equip product managers to have greater influence in their organizations and over product. I call this helping product managers to become product masters, and that is what both this podcast and the training I provide are about.

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The Product Guy

OCTOBER 9, 2018

I became a product manager because I wanted to take a more strategic role at my company. Thus, I arrived at the Product Mentor program with ambitions to learn strategy development from a seasoned product mentor. Two major obstacles stood in my way.

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The Product Bistro

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

My original entrance into Product Management I was an early 30’s applications engineer who jumped into the that role from life as an analytical chemist and process engineer at a wafer fab. Then the original recruiter that got me into product management reached out to me again. But she pointed them at me.

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Mind the Product

JANUARY 28, 2019

Most product managers are driven to achieve excellence in their craft. Many, however, get stuck in what I call “product consultant” mode and cannot break out of it. Many product managers never get to launch a product, let alone own one. Steve Jobs’ Take on Consulting.

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Mind the Product

JULY 9, 2019

After leaving the Navy and working on nuclear submarines, Dan Olsen embarked on a career that has spanned enterprises and start-ups, consulting, speaking, writing, and running the Lean Product & Lean UX meetup. He joined us to talk about product/market fit: what it is, how to know when you have it, and how to achieve it.

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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Strategies for switching into a product management role when you don’t fit the cookie cutter qualifications. Getting into product when you’ve already started your career Product management requires, above anything else, good judgment. It shouldn’t be a prerequisite for product management jobs either.

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Product Innovation Educators

AUGUST 23, 2021

Two weeks ago Grant Hunter discussed what is product management. I am sharing this episode now because Steve Johnson, who is also a business partner with Grant, did a masterful job at the Summit, describing the real nature of product management. Summary of some concepts discussed for product managers. [0:55]

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Product Management University

DECEMBER 17, 2020

B2B Product Manager December 2020 Issue. We’d welcome the opportunity to be your partner in 2021 to become more customer outcome focused in how you build, market, sell and deploy your solutions. Enjoy the B2B Product Manager December issue. Blog: High-Octane Product Management. In This Issue.

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Product Management University

MARCH 3, 2021

The performance of product management and the ripple effect (positive and negative) on engineering, marketing, sales and customer success is front and center this month. Enjoy The B2B Product Manager March issue. Blog: High-Octane Product Management. Product Management Playbook.

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Product Management University

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

B2B Product Manager November 2020 Issue. As the pandemic economy has forced all of us to completely rethink everything, we also give you a list of things to consider for product management, product marketing and sales in 2021. Enjoy the B2B Product Manager November issue. View the magazine.

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The Product Guy

JANUARY 27, 2017

In our a recent live stream from one of our mentors of The Product Mentor , Krishna Madhuvarsu, lead a conversation around “Product Management in Startups vs. Enterprises”. We are always looking for more product mentors from all around the world. About The Product Mentor. Signup to be a Mentor Today!

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The Product Coalition

APRIL 1, 2023

A good manager balances being involved in the details and giving their people more freedom. As a product leader, is this a skill you already master? was the first product manager I ever hired. A brilliant guy, with many years of tech leadership experience, but none in product management. More on that below.

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The Product Guy

FEBRUARY 18, 2017

Each Session of the program runs for 6 months with paired individuals… Conducting regular 1-on-1 mentor-mentee chats Sharing experiences with the larger Product community Participating in live-streamed product management lessons and Q&A. Jordan Bergtraum VP Product Management, ServiceChannel.

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Arkenea

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

We asked some of the industry experts about how do they merge both the aspects and finalize the features of the product. Get in touch with us here for a free consultation on your project. We also asked them if there is a particular way the product iteration process should look like.

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The Product Guy

JANUARY 31, 2017

Each Session of the program runs for 6 months with paired individuals… Conducting regular 1-on-1 mentor-mentee chats Sharing experiences with the larger Product community Participating in live-streamed product management lessons and Q&A. Jordan Bergtraum VP Product Management, ServiceChannel.

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The Product Coalition

JUNE 24, 2020

What is each flavour of product manager responsible for? In my previous post, I introduced the four different flavours of product manager, depicted by the PM quadrants matrix. What are the four flavours of product manager? Stakeholder management is important across all quadrants too.

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The Product Guy

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

Each Session of the program runs for 6 months with paired individuals… Conducting regular 1-on-1 mentor-mentee chats Sharing experiences with the larger Product community Participating in live-streamed product management lessons and Q&A. Jordan Bergtraum VP Product Management, ServiceChannel.

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Mind the Product

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

Product managers have a unique view on what’s happening across the business, provided the relationships are working well. Source: Martin Eriksson, Mind the Product. Source: Martin Eriksson, Mind the Product. I’ve experienced issues like this throughout my product management career. Salespeople are Users too.

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Product Innovation Educators

JANUARY 20, 2020

How product managers can use the Planning Canvas to go from an idea to making money. Summary of some concepts discussed for product managers. [2:16] Product management should take a back seat to development. Again, product management is less involved than development. [17:41] Innovation Quote.

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The Product Coalition

JULY 10, 2020

While some may say that a Product Manager is ‘the CEO of the product’, that’s not entirely true. As a Product Manager, you have very little authority. While the buck stops with you when it comes to product decision making, the overall health of the company doesn’t rest on your shoulders.

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Product Management University

JUNE 9, 2021

Simplify How Product Enhancements Are Collected, Managed and Prioritized. Greenville, SC – June 9, 2021 — Proficientz announced today the availability of a free product management course for managing product enhancements. It offers three key benefits to product managers.

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Intercom, Inc.

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

Intercom’s Kate O’Hanlon recently caught up with Mark to talk about his approach to scaling, and why it’s a mistake to think that the formula for success is just about getting product-market fit and then adding sales reps. . The framework consists of three elements: product-market fit, go-to-market fit, and growth and moat.

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Product Management University

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Nothing eludes the ripple effect of your product management model, and sales enablement is no exception. Connecting Product Portfolio Management To Sales Enablement If you’re thinking, OK, so what does product portfolio management have to do with sales enablement, here’s your answer.

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Intercom, Inc.

JANUARY 16, 2020

Miro has made the move from product to platform. Like numerous users, I first became aware of Miro via a consultant and this channel has been really important to their growth story. Especially those who are in design, product management, etc. Designers are a good example of those and product managers.

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